John Trapp on Zechariah 9:2

Verſe 2. And Hamath alſo ſhall border thereby] i. e. ſhall ſhare in the ſame puniſhment with Damaſcus, and fare the worſe for its neighbourhood.

though it be very wiſe] and think to out-wit the enemy: to be too hard for him that way, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. 1 Cor. 3.19. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. as Midian was for Iſrael, by his wiles rather then by his warres, Num. 25.18. God taketh theſe Wiſards in their own craft, (as beaſts in a toil) and makes very fools of them, notwithſtanding their many fetches; ſpecially when they boaſt of their wit, as Tyrus did, Ezek. 28.3, 4, &c. and truſt in it, Prov. 3.5. The Phoenicians and Tyrians were wont to boaſt, that they firſt found out the uſe of letters, &c. Sure it is that by much trading by Sea, they were grown cunning and crafty Merchants, to coſen others: and this they coloured with the name of wiſdome. Wiſe they were in their generation, Luke 16.8. but ſo is the fox, the ſerpent, and the devil: who when he was but young, out-witted our firſt parents. And wee are ſtill ſenſible of his ſlights, and not ignorant of his wiles, his methods, and his ſtratagems.